Friday, May 23, 2003

Is Allowing Medical Marijuana The Most Popular Position In America?

M. Simon from the Sierra Times seems to think so.
The weak point in the Federal government's war on it's citizens is medical marijuana. Something like 80% of adult Americans support it.

Medical marijuana is more popular than gun rights. Medical marijuana is more popular than the right to succession. Medical marijuana is more popular than capitalism. Medical marijuana is more popular than jury rights. Medical marijuana is more popular than property rights. Medical marijuana is more popular than home schooling. In fact medical marijuana is more popular than any other patriot issue you can mention. It is popular with right wingers. It is popular with left wingers. It is popular with socialists. It is popular with communists. In fact it is popular with almost every group of Americans except those profiting from prohibition and social conservatives.

Indeed, this issue seems amazingly popular, and by the laws of democracy and good faith should be resolved (in favor). Instead we get diatribes from conservatives on the mischief of Turkey for not backing us in the war in Iraq, and instead listening to 80% of their people, who opposed the war. Now that sounds like democracy!